Robert Heilmayr

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The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.

Adversarial Debiasing for Unbiased Parameter Recovery Advances in machine learning and the increasing availability of high-dimensional data have led to the proliferation of social science research that uses the predictions of machine learning models as p...

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We are excited to share our new working paper:
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12323
If you use ML predictions (like remote-sensed data) as outcomes, the resulting regression coefficients can be biased by measurement error. With @megan-ayers.bsky.social @mdgordo.bsky.social @eliana-stone.bsky.social

Should California Subsidize Out-of-State Biofuels or In-State Electric Vehicles? - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania

Did you know how many billions of dollars California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard makes drivers pay to out-of-state biofuel producers?

Turns out it's a lot — a peak of about $2.9 billion in 2021, which is more than enough to give a $7500 rebate to all of the battery EVs sold in 2023.

Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

🌍 How have donors allocated conservation funding in a world with shrinking forests and expanding protected areas? Our new paper in People and Nature explores trends in South American forests and woodlands: doi.org/10.1002/pan3... - Nice work by Siyu Qin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social!

Second hendrys beach, but ideally at lower tide. If you have time, getting above the fog on one of the mountain trails could be really nice. I may try to organize a trail run Saturday after the occasional

Biodiversity is declining, yet we have limited knowledge about how that affects human well-being. My work linking bats, insecticide use, and human infant health is out today in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg0344), and tells a complex story about how those are connected.

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The position is part of a broader cluster in racial environmental justice. This position seeks to bridge (a) ES' strength in #EnvironmentalJustice, (b) UCSBs leadership in quantitative environmental science; and (c) a desire to grow our expertise into urban environments.

Mellichamp Chairs in Racial Environmental Justice University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

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